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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventor:
Steve Carusillo, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1626 (2013.01); A61B 17/1615 (2013.01); A61B 17/1622 (2013.01); A61B 17/1628 (2013.01); A61B 17/1633 (2013.01); A61B 90/03 (2016.02); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61B 17/1624 (2013.01); A61B 2090/036 (2016.02); A61B 2090/062 (2016.02);
Abstract
A drill for driving a drill bit into a solid object such as bone. The drill includes a rotor with a bore that transmits rotational movement to the drill bit. The drill bit extends through the rotor bore. A probe extends forward from the drill to measure bore depth. The probe is moveably mounted to the drill so as to extend into the rotor bore. As the drill and drill bit advance forward the probe remains static. As a result of the advancement of the drill the rotor extends over the proximal end of the probe.